How to Use Your Go Daddy Domain on Blogger

It took way too much time and trouble for just me, so I am sharing how to use your GoDaddy domain name as your Blogger URL. First of all, Google's how to is not complete and it took some digging to locate GoDaddy's. So this is what you do.

1. Park Your Domain Name. If you just bought the domain name from GoDaddy and that's all you did, then skip to step two. Otherwise, log in to your GoDaddy Account Manager, then under My Products, click Domain Manager. Select the domain you want to use for Blogger and then from Nameservers (the icon looks to me like a stack of three gold coins), click Set Nameservers. Choose I Want to Park My Domains and then click OK both times.
2. Edit the CNAME. Log in to your GoDaddy Account Manager, then under My Products, click Domain Manager. In the Tools menu, click DNS Manager. This will take you to the DNS Dashboard. Click Edit Zone for the domain name you plan to use for Blogger. This should take you to the Zone File Editor. Scroll down to the CNAME (Alias) section and click on the 'www' listing. In the 'Points To' box (the middle one in the row), type in ghs.google.com and click 'Save Zone File' and then 'OK.'
3. Create 'A' NAME Records. You only need to do this for a 'naked' domain, that is, a domain without 'www' in front of the domain name (like example.com). You should still be in the Zone File Editor after completing step two. If not, you need to be there. Scroll up to the A (Host) section and click 'Quick Add.' In the 'Host' field type your naked domain name (example.com) and in the 'Points To,' type 216.239.32.21 and repeat for three more records: 216.239.34.21 and 216.239.36.21 and 216.239.38.21
4. Forward Your Domain Name. Log in to your GoDaddy Account Manager, then under My Products, click Domain Manager. Select the domain you're going to use for your Blogspot. From Forward, click Forward Domain. Choose 'http://' from the drop down box. In the Forward To field, type in your purchased domain name, including the 'www' (it would look like this: www.example.com). If you want the nameservers to automatically update, check the box that says Update my DNS setting to support this change. Click Advanced Options. Choose between Forward Only and Forward with Masking. If you choose Forward Only, select whether it is a permanent or temporary forward. If you choose Forward with Masking, you will need to type in a Title, Description, and Keywords for your site. Once you've made your choice, click 'OK.'
5. Change Your Blogger Settings. Sign into Blogger and click on your blog's 'Settings.' Under the Settings tab, click 'Publishing.' It should say at the top 'You're Publishing on blogspot.com' and underneath have a link to switch to a custom domain. Click that and then click the link that gives you an option to use a domain you already own. In the 'Your Domain' field, type in your custom domain, including the 'www' then type in the word verification and click 'Save Settings.' Ta daa!

I really hope this saves you the trouble it would have saved me.